LILLIANA
"For god's sake, shut the damn thing off!" Ralph hollered, stomping his way to pick up the remote and smashed it against the wall. I understood his rage, the seething burn, and the hapless state he found himself in, and I'd been around my father long enough now to recognize the signs.
"Like that's going to make everything disappear," I whispered.
Closing my eyes, I propped against the headboard. I needed a moment: a quiet, long moment with myself because at the end of the day, only I was going to save myself from this hell.
"I am going to have a talk with Al. This has to disappear! Until then, if you want to leave Chicago—"
My eyes flashed opened. "And run away with my tail between my legs?" I shook my head. "How honorable will that make me look, pa?"
I watched Ralph se
